Definition of Titanous

1. a. Designating certain compounds of titanium in which that element has a lower valence as contrasted with titanic compounds.

Definition of Titanous

1. Adjective. (inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to titanium, especially trivalent titanium ¹

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Definition of Titanous

1. pertaining to titanium [adj] - See also: titanium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Titanous

titaniums
titano-
titanoan
titanocene
titanomagnetite
titanomagnetites
titanosaur
titanosaurian
titanosaurs
titanosilicate
titanosilicates
titanothere
titanotheres
titanotherium
titanotheriums
titanous (current term)
titanowodginite
titanowodginites
titans
titantaramellite
titanyl
titbit
titbits
titch
titches
titchier
titchiest
titchy
tite
titely

Literary usage of Titanous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Reduction Methods in Volumetric Analysis: A Monograph by Edmund Knecht, Eva Hibbert (1910)
"Aniline black is readily reduced by titanous chloride to a dirty brown product. The sulphide colours are likewise reduced, but evidently some change other ..."

2. Methods in Chemical Analysis: Originated Or Developed in the Kent Chemical by Frank Austin Gooch (1912)
"The Estimation of Iron by Potassium Permanganate after Reduction with titanous Sulphate. Knecht Î was the first to recommend the use of titanium sesquioxide ..."

3. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society (1905)
"Note on the Electrolytic Preparation of titanous Sulphate. ... Despite the applications of the titanous salts during the last few years, and the fact that ..."

4. Works of the Cavendish Society by Cavendish Society, London (1849)
"A. titanous OXIDE. The following experiments render probable the existence of an oxide of titanium containing less oxygen than titanic acid. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"The blue colour is, perhaps, due to the formation of a titanous ti ... titanous oxide dissolves in acids, forming violet solutions ; but the sulphate is ..."

6. A Systematic Handbook of Volumetric Analysis: Or, The Quantitative by Francis Sutton (1904)
"In such cases it is best to run • in an excess of titanous chloride solution into the ... When cold, the excess of titanous chloride is estimated as already ..."

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